The vice principal of Wiltshire College has left his post.
This means that Robert Rees, who is understood to have been awarded a substantial pay-off to leave, is the fifth deputy in five years to have been ushered out of the educational establishment, according to the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald.
Sources close to the newspaper said that Mr Rees was told his job would be divided into two – a vice principal for curriculum and quality and a vice principal for student experience, higher education and strategic development projects.
Instead of choosing to apply for one of the two jobs, Mr Rees chose to leave.
The news follows an earlier warning from Ofsted inspectors that there are low standards of achievement at the college, with only 32 per cent of students meeting the academic minimum standards.
While this has added more pressure onto principal Di Dale, who was given a vote of no confidence by a teaching union, it is thought that the restructuring effort may give the establishment a better chance of increasing attainment.